Robert M. Baird
Curriculum Vita
Updated 2-27-2010
I. Education
Ph.D. Emory University, l967
B.D. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, l964
M.A. Baylor University, l96l
B.A. Baylor University, l959
II. Academic Positions
Professor of Philosophy, Baylor University, l979 to present
University Ombudsperson for Faculty, Baylor University, 2008 to present
Chair, Department of Philosophy, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, 1987 to 2005
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Baylor, l970-l979
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Baylor, l968-l970
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Acting Chair, Nebraska
Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska, l967-l968
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Oglethorpe College,
Atlanta, Georgia, l966-l967
Instructor in Philosophy, Baylor University, l960-l96l
III. Academic Fellowships and Awards
Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year, Baylor University, 2005
Herbert H. Reynolds Award for Exemplary Service to Students, Baylor University, 2003
Robert L. Reid Award for Outstanding Teaching in the Humanities, Baylor University, 2002
Piper Professor of Texas, 1994, Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation
Designated University Master Teacher, Baylor University, 1993
Baylor Faculty Senate: Outstanding Faculty Service Award, 1991
Faculty Selected: Most Outstanding Baylor Professor 1980-81
University Fellow, Emory University, l964-l966
Graduate Assistant in Philosophy, Baylor, l959-l960
Cum Laude Graduate, Baylor University, l959
IV. Professional Activities
Journal of Church and State, Editorial Board
Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Editorial Board
Member, American Philosophical Association
Member, Society of Christian Philosophers
Member, Southwestern Philosophical Society
Member, American Civil Liberties Union
Member, American Association of University Professors
President, Baylor Chapter of AAUP, l973-l974 and 1996-97
Chair, Baylor University Faculty Senate 1999-2000
V. Publications
Edited Books
Disability: The Social, Political, and Ethical Debate, edited with Stuart Rosenbaum, and Kay
Toombs. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Press, 2008.
Morality, Justice, and the Law, edited with M. Katherine B. Darmer, Amherst, New York: Prometheus Press, 2007
Intelligent Design: Science or Religion? Critical Perspectives. Edited with Stuart Rosenbaum. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Press, 2007
Civil Liberties vs. National Security in a Post-9/11 World. Edited with Katherine Darmer and Stuart Rosenbaum. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Press, 2004
Same-Sex Marriage: The Moral and Legal Debate. Revised Second Edition. Edited with Stuart Rosenbaum. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Press, 2004. First Edition, 1997.
Caring for the Dying: Critical Issues at the Edge of Life. Edited with Stuart Rosenbaum. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Press, 2003.
The Ethics of Abortion: Pro-Life vs. Pro-Choice. Revised Third Edition. Edited with Stuart Rosenbaum. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Press, 2001. Revised Second Edition, 1993. First Edition, 1989.
Cyberethics: Social & Moral Issues in the Computer Age. Edited with Reagan
Ramsower and Stuart Rosenbaum. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Press, 2000.
Media and Morality. Edited with Bill Loges and Stuart Rosenbaum. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Press, 1999.
Hatred, Bigotry, and Prejudice. Revised Second Edition. Edited with Stuart
Rosenbaum. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Press, 1999. First edition published as Bigotry, Prejudice and Hatred: Definitions, Causes & Solutions, 1992. Selected as an outstanding book on human rights for 1992 by the Myers Center for Human Rights.
Pornography: Private Right or Public Menace? Revised Second Edition. Edited with Stuart Rosenbaum. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Press, 1998. First Edition, 1991.
Punishment and the Death Penalty: The Current Debate. Revised Second Edition. Edited with Stuart Rosenbaum. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Press, 1995. First Edition published as Philosophy of Punishment, 1988.
Homosexuality: Debating the Issues. Edited with M. Katherine Baird. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Press, 1995. Selected as an outstanding book on human rights for 1995 by the Myers Center for Human Rights.
Animal Experimentation: The Moral Issues. Edited with Stuart Rosenbaum. Buffalo: Prometheus Press, 1991.
Euthanasia: The Moral Issues. Edited with Stuart Rosenbaum. Buffalo: Prometheus Press, 1989.
Morality and the Law. Edited with Stuart Rosenbaum. Buffalo: Prometheus Press, 1988.
Contemporary Essays on Greek Ideas: The Kilgore Festschrift. Edited with William Cooper, Elmer Duncan, and Stuart Rosenbaum. Waco: Baylor University Press, 1987.
The Philosophical Life: An Activity and an Attitude. Edited. New York: University Press of America, l983.
Monographs
Socrates in the Forum: The Role of Philosophy in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. Kansas City: The National Federation of State High School Associations, Second Edition, 2004. First Edition, 1995.
Philosophy. Nashville: Convention Press, l97l.
Book Chapters
"Leon Jaworski: When Conscience and Law Conflict" in Philosophical Essays on the Ideas of a Good Society, Hudson Yeager and Creighton Peden, eds., Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1988, pp. 167-179.
"Leibniz and Locke: On the Relationship Between Metaphysics and Science" in Science,
Faith, and Revelation: An Approach to Christian Philosophy, edited by Bob Patterson.
Nashville: Broadman Press, l979, pp. 355-368.
Articles
“Practical Indeterminacy and Theoretical Determinacy: Commentary on Matthew Pianalto’s ‘Moral Conflict and the Indeterminacy of Morality’,” Southwest Philosophical Review, vol. 23, no. 2 (July 2007), 73-75.
“The Responsible Self: An Interpretation of Jean-Paul Sartre,” Philosophy in the Contemporary World, vol. 14, no. 1 (Spring 2007), 144-152.
“The Deep Spirit of the Enlightenment: A Defense,” Philosophy in the Contemporary World, 6 (Fall-Winter 1999), 1-8.
“Is There a Right to Die? In Defense of Active Voluntary Euthanasia: A Religious Framework,” Christian Ethics Today, 3 (February 1997), 24-28.
“Dworkin, Abortion, Religious Liberty, and the Spirit of Enlightenment,” Journal of Church and State, 37 (Autumn 1995), 753-771.
“On Bad Luck: Job and Jesus,” Journal of Religion and Health, 33 (Winter 1994), 305-312.
"On Becoming a Philosopher," in Falling in Love With Wisdom, edited by David D. Karmos and Robert G. Shoemaker. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, pp. 135-137.
"'Reflections on a Peach-Seed Monkey': Empowering Relationships." Journal of Religion and Health, 29 (Spring 1990), 21-27.
"Picturing God." Journal of Religion and Health, 28 (Fall 1989), 233-239.
"Nietzsche: An Intellectual Nebuchadnezzar?" Journal of Religion and Health, 26 (Fall, 1987), 245-250.
"Business Decisions: The Role of Moral Principles." Contemporary Philosophy, XI, no. 8 (February 15, 1987), pp. 12-15.
"Meaning in Life: Discovered or Created?" Journal of Religion and Health, 24 (Summer 1985), 117-124.
"Three Philosophical Foundations of Effective Leadership." Contemporary Philosophy, X, no. 8 (February l5, l985), pp. 2-5.
"Two Foundational Ideas for a Philosophy of Caring." Journal of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama, LII, no.5 (November l982): 34-45.
"Reasoned Commitment in the Face of Uncertainty." Contemporary Philosophy, VIII, no.10 (Early Fall l98l): 5-7.
"The Creative Role of Doubt in Religion." Journal of Religion and Health, XIX, no.3 (Fall l980): l72-l79. Anthologized in C. Robert Mesle, Fire in My Bones: A Study in Faith and Belief. Independence, Missouri: Herald House. 1984.
"Sexual Compatibility: A Philosophical comment." Contemporary Philosophy, VIII, no. 3 (Summer l980): l2-l4.
"Thomas Reid's Criticisms of Adam Smith's Theory of the Moral Sentiments." Co-authored with Elmer H, Duncan, Journal of the History of Ideas, XXXVIII, no. 3 (July-September l977): 509-522.
"The Sixties, The Students, The Conflict With Authority: Lessons In Retrospect." Journal of Thought, XII, no. 2 (April l977): l20-l26.
"Existentialism, Death, and Caring." Journal of Religion and Health, XV, no. 2 (April l976): l08-ll5.
"John Dewey's Two Metaethical Views." The Southwestern Journal of Philosophy, I, no.
3 (Fall l970): 58-65.
Encyclopedia Articles
"Analogy." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. 2, pp. l0l-l02.
"Analytic and Linguistic Philosophy." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983
Edition. Vol. 2, pp. l02-l04.
"Austin, John Langshaw." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. 3, p. 65.
"Axiom." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. vol. 3, p. l58.
"Ayer, Sir Aldred Jules." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. 3, p. l59.
"Berdyayev, Nikolay Aleksandrovich." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983
Edition. Vol. 3, p. 442.
"Carnap, Rudolf." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. 5, p. 3l2.
"Comte, Auguste." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. 7, pp. 8l-
82.
"Duhring, Eugen Karl." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. 8,
p. 376.
"Fallacy." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. l0, pp. 88-89.
"Frege, Gottlob." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. ll, p. 46.
"Hegel, George Wilhelm Friedrich." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983
Edition. Vol. l3, pp. 28-30.
"Hocking, William Ernest." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. l3, p. l44.
"Lewis, Clarence Irving." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. l6, pp. 78-79.
"Mead, George Herbert." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. l7, p. l28.
"Moore, George Edward." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. l8, pp. 67-68.
"Plato." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. 2l, pp. 70-74.
"Popper, Sir Karl Raimund." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. 2l, pp. l59-l60.
"Process Philosophy." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. 2l, p. 3l9.
"Quine, Willard Van Orman." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. 22, pp. 42-43.
"Ryle, Gilbert." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. 23, pp. 49-50.
"Strawson, Peter Frederick." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. 24, p. 382.
"Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. 25, pp. l82-l83.
"Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johann." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. l983 Edition. Vol. 27, pp. 36l-362.
"Nietzsche, Frederick Wilhelm." Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia. Revision of 1986.
"Absolute." Academic American Encyclopedia. Princeton: Arete Publishing Co., Inc., 1980. Vol. I, p. 62.
"Analytic and Linguistic Philosophy." Academic American Encyclopedia. 1980. Vol. I, pp. 389-390.
"Bowne, Borden Parker." Academic American Encyclopedia. 1980. Vol. III, p. 430.
"Clarke, Samuel." Academic American Encyclopedia. 1980. Vol. V, p. 40.
"Carneades." Academic American Encyclopedia. 1980. Vol. IV, p. 155.
"Leucippus." Academic American Encyclopedia. 1980. Vol. XII, p. 300.
. Editorials and Opinion Pieces
“Catholics, Protestants, Sunnis, and Shias” Waco Tribune-Herald April 28, 2007.
“Commitment in the Face of Uncertainty,” Waco Tribune-Herald, February 10, 2007.
“A Postmodern Christian? Just How Could That Work?,” Waco Tribune-Herald, December 30, 2006.
“Creative Role of Doubt in Religion,” Waco Tribune-Herald, September 16, 2006.
“Are People Always Selfish?” Waco Tribune-Herald, July 15, 2006.
“For Sins of My Species: Commentary on the Proposal of the Community Race Relations Coalition,” Waco Tribune-Herald, May 22, 2006.
“Practicing Good Faith,” Waco Tribune-Herald, April 29, 2006.
“There is No Calculator to Sum Up Morals,” Waco Tribune-Herald, March 11, 2006.
“Understanding Religious Pluralism in the Context of Cultures,” Waco Tribune-Herald, January 21, 2006.
“Feeling of Hope Returns to Baylor,” Waco Tribune-Herald, June 25, 2005.
“The Polanyi Center at Baylor University.” Waco Tribune-Herald, May 5, 2000.
"Defending Baylor Against the Fundamentalists." Waco Tribune-Herald, July 4, 1990.
"University Open to All Ideas." Waco Tribune-Herald, July 26, l983.
Miscellaneous
“An Alternative Vision for Baylor,” The Baptist and Christian Character of Baylor, edited by Donald Schmeltekopf and Diana Vitanza. Waco: Baylor University, 2003, pp. 99-108.
"Postmodernism and Christianity," Baylor News, May 1996.
"Baylor University: Thinking About Faith." Network Communiqué, Vol. 2 (Fall 1993), Published by Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN.
“An Alternative Curriculum: The Optional Core,” Baylor News, January 1993.
"Two Notable Tasks Challenge a University." Baylor, IV, nos. 7-8 (December-January l983-84), p. 43.
"The Practicality of Philosophy." The Baylor Line, XLIII, no. l (February l982): 30-32.
"Reflections on the Nature of Man," Catalyst, XI, no. 5 (February l979). Audio cassette.
"An Existential Perspective on Caring." Catalyst, VI, no. 39 (September l974). Audio cassette.
"Situation Ethics: Rebirth of an Old Morality." The Baptist Student, XLIX (June l970): 23-25.
. Reviews, Booknotes, and Abstracts
Review of Rawls and Religion: The Case for Political Liberalism by Donald A. Dombrowski. Journal of Church and State, vol. 44, no. 4 (Autumn 2002): 843-844.
Review of Between Hume's Philosophy and History: Historical Theory and Practice by
Spencer K. Wertz. The Review of Metaphysics, vol. LIV, no. 3 (March 2001): 689-690.
Review of On Toleration by Michael Walzer. Journal of Church and State, vol. 41, no. 1 (Winter 1999): 142-144.
Review of Western Philosophic Systems and Their Cyclic Transformations by Robert S. Brumbaugh. The Review of Metaphysics, vol. XLVII, no. 4 (June 1995): 887-889.
Review of Encyclopedia of Ethics. Two Vols. Edited by Lawrence C. and Charlotte B. Becker. Journal of Church and State, vol. 35, no. 3 (Summer 1993): 632-633.
Review of On the Barricades: Religion and Free Inquiry in Conflict. Edited by Robert Basil, Mary Beth Gehrman, and Tim Madigan. Journal of Church and State, vol. 33, no. 2 (Spring 1991): 372-373.
Review of Reflective Wisdom: Richard Taylor on Issues that Matter. Edited by John Donnelly. Journal of Church and State, vol. 32, no. 2 (Spring 1990): 434-436.
Booknote on God and Science: The Death and Birth of Theism by Charles P. Henderson. Journal of Church and State, vol. 30, no. 1 (Winter 1988): 176.
Booknote on Against the Faith: Essays on Deists, Skeptics, and Atheists by Jim Herrick. Journal of Church and State, vol. 28, no. 3 (Autumn 1986): 561.
Booknote on Omnipotence and Other Theological Mistakes by Charles Hartshorne. Journal of Church and State, XXVI, no. 3 (Autumn l984): 553-555.
Booknote on Ethics, Religion, and Politics by G. E. M. Anscombe. Journal of Church and State, XXVI, no. l (Winter l984): l43-l44.
Review of On Disobedience and Other Essays by Erich Fromm. Journal of Church and State, XXIV, no. 2 (Spring l982): 393-394.
Booknote on The Interruption of Eternity: Modern Gnosticism and the Origins of the New Religious Consciousness by Carl A. Raschke. Journal of Church and State, XXIV, no. l (Winter l982): l68-l69.
Abstract of Social Darwinism: Science and Myth in Anglo-American Social Thought by Robert C. Bannister. Bibliography of Philosophy, XXVIII-l-l98l, p. 50.
Abstract of The Moral Choice by Daniel C. Maguire. Bibliography of Philosophy, XXVII-2/3-l980, pp. l95-l96.
Abstract of Dimensions of Moral Creativity: Paradigms, Principles, and Ideals by Antonio S. Cua. Bibliography of Philosophy, XXVII-l-l980, p. 66.
Abstract of Moral Reasoning: A Psychological-Philosophical Integration by William D. Boyce and Larry C. Jensen. Bibliography of Philosophy, XXVII-l-l980, p. 65.
Booknote on The Non-Lockean Roots of American Democratic Thought edited by Joyotpaul Chaudhuri. Journal of Church and State, XXII, no. l (Winter l980): l66-167.
Booknote on Christian Humanism: A Critique of the Secular City and Its Ideology by Thomas Molnar. Journal of Church and State, XXII, no. l (Winter l980): l6l-l62.
Abstract of Philosophy After Darwin: Chapters for the Career of Philosophy, vol. III and Other Essays by John Herman Randall. Bibliography of Philosophy, XXVI-3-l979, pp. 363-364.
Abstract of Shame, Exposure and Privacy by Carl D. Schneider. Bibliography of Philosophy, XXVI-3-l979, pp. 30l-302.
Booknote on Realism and Hope by Ronald H. Stone. Journal of Church and State, XXI, no. 2 (Spring l979): 354-355.
Review of Facing up to Modernity: Excursions in Society, Politics and Religion by Peter L. Berger. Journal of Church and State, XXI, no. 2 (Spring l979): 328-330.
Abstract of The Sustainable Society by Robert L. Stivers. Bibliography of Philosophy, XXVI-2-l979, pp. l89-l90.
Abstract of The Human Situation by Aldous Huxley. Bibliography of Philosophy, XXVI-l-l979, p. l6.
Abstract of The Philosophical Anarchism of William Godwin by John P. Clark. Bibliography of Philosophy, XXV-4-l978, p. 266.
Abstract of The Gentle Way by Paul Delp. Bibliography of Philosophy, XXV-3-l978, p. 200.
Abstract of Gustav Landauer: Philosophy of Utopia by Ruth Link-Salinger. Bibliography of Philosophy, XXV-3-l978, p. l88.
Abstract of Freedom and Value edited by Robert O. Johann. Bibliography of Philosophy, XXV-3-l978, p. l83.
Booknote on Mao Tse-tung by Jack Gray. Journal of Church and State, XIX, no. 2 (Spring l977): 356-357.
Abstract of The Right to Die by Milton D. Heifetz and Charles Mangel. Bibliography of Philosophy, XXIV-4-l977, p. 288.
Abstract of Values and the Quality of Life edited by John King-Farlow and William R. Shea. Bibliography of Philosophy, XXIV-4-l977, p. 297.
Booknote on Mahatma Gandhi by H. J. N. Horsburgh. Journal of Church and State, XVIII, no. 2 (Spring l976): 368-369.
Review of The Cross and the Flag edited by Robert G. Clouse, Robert D. Linder and Richard V. Pierard. Journal of Church and State, XVII, no. 2 (Spring l975): 333-335.
Review of Social Responsibility in an Age of Revolution edited by Louis Finkelstein. Journal of Church and State, XV, no. l (Winter l973): l2l-l23.
Review of Good and Evil: A New Direction by Richard Taylor. Encounter, XXXII, no. 2 (Spring l97l): l76-l77.
Review of Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy by William Augustus Banner. Journal of the American Academy of Religion, XXXVII, no. 2 (June l969): l78-l80.